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NAB Super restructures alternatives portfolio

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... choice options. One of the changes the fund made was transfering its global floating rate credit exposure from the fixed interest asset class to alternatives. This portfolio is made up of both investment grade (lower risk), and sub investment (higher ...

Factions will stay: AMP, AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
Two of the country's largest super funds, AustralianSuper and AMP, said a fully cohesive superannuation industry will never be achieved, as retail and not-for-profit super funds cannot completely set aside their differences to tackle the toughest issues ...

What ifs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... the current state of dynamics. While there's the international repercussion that must be considered, it's the national interest that matters more - it's domestic voters that must be appeased. The US Federal Reserve's US$600 billion QE2 is a perfect example. ...

BlackRock to expand retail arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
BlackRock plans to add to staff numbers while expanding its separately managed account (SMA) business next year, said Scott Phillips, BlackRock's head of retail. In response to the recent departures of two members of the research team, Phillips said ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... fund directly, and using a wider angle lens look to assess your response to what we're proposing to do from a national interest - and retirees interest - perspective," he said. In addition to urging the audience to put forward a more united front, he ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
Just one day after results showed super funds have delivered paltry 4 per cent average returns, new research has confirmed that for members their number one priority is investment performance. The research was conducted by Mercer who interviewed 500 ...

Trustees call to scrap MySuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... and let's educate our kids from an early age and make it part of their curriculum to care about their super and take an interest in it." Noel Davis, director of Pillar Administration, took the opposite view of Gabally and Quessy in the debate, and drew ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... bil. This should contribute to an upward adjustment in real GDP when the second estimate is released. And who said lower interest rates are not working. Last night, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported that its mortgage application index rose by ...

Less options, more choice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... both the Core Pool and Conservative Pool options will no longer have exposure to this asset class. Meanwhile, the Fixed Interest option has been renamed 'Global Bonds' and the Cash Plus option to 'Conservative Pool'.

Super fund returns fall to just 3.7 pct

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2010
... Custom Super the top Australian shares fund, AGEST the top international shares fund, AustSafe the top Australian fixed interest fund and TWU Super the top cash fund. The Rainmaker group is the publisher of the Financial Standard.